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Gnome

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Noun

1. dwarf, gnome

a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure

2. gnome

a short pithy saying expressing a general truth

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Gnome

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noun
1. 
one of a species of legendary creatures, usually resembling small misshapen old men, said to live in the depths of the earth and guard buried treasure
2. 
the statue of a gnome, esp in a garden
3. 
a very small or ugly person
4. facetious or derogatory
an international banker or financier (esp in the phrase gnomes of Zürich)
noun
a short pithy saying or maxim expressing a general truth or principle

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Gnome

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noun
Folklore
any of a race of small, misshapen, dwarflike beings, supposed to dwell in the earth and guard its treasures
noun
a wise, pithy saying; maxim

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Gnome

see synonyms of gnome
n.
1. One of a fabled race of dwarflike creatures who live underground and guard treasure hoards.
2. In the occult philosophy of Paracelsus, a being that has earth as its element.
n.
A pithy saying that expresses a general truth or fundamental principle; an aphorism.

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